Third Shoolini Litfest to begin from March 17, Ruskin Bond to deliver keynote address

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, prominent diasporic novelist, will be the keynote speaker on the second day. Her novels, ‘Palace of Illusions’ and ‘The Last Queen’, continue to be bestsellers and her latest novel is called ‘Independence’. Among the participating authors, writers, filmmakers and journalists are playwright Mahesh Dattani; Raj Shekhar, poet and lyricist for films like ‘Tanu Weds Manu,’ ‘Veere di wedding’ and ‘Uri’; Atika Chohan, scriptwriter for acclaimed films like ‘Chhapaak’ and ‘Margrita with a Straw’; Manjiri Prabhu, known as India’s Agatha Christie; doctor-turned-food writer Nandita Iyer; Pavan Jha, noted film historian; journalist and author Shuma Raha, Ankit Jhamb and Mamta Chander; corporate leaders who love writing and Chander Trikha, Hindi writer and award-winning poet.